WHEAT – Up 8 to 10 cents per bushel. Active export sales of U.S. wheat and news Egypt made its first purchase of wheat in nearly a month combine to boost wheat futures with further support from concern about harm to the U.S. crop from a cold snap this week. CORN – Up 3 to… read more
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Swing Trading Strategies – March Wheat is approaching next reversal date and target objective. [chart]
TMV Swing Trade report – Long March Wheat @ $8.10. March Wheat continues to climb towards the projected target objective of $8.65. The long position was triggered after March Wheat traded lower and found support at the 20-day EMA of the January 2oth reversal date. Two days later, Wheat traded through the ascending median line… read more
Opening Grain Calls / Futures Broker
WHEAT – Up 8 to 10 cents per bushel. Brisk export sales of U.S. wheat, news Algeria is aggressively seeking wheat imports and talk Saudi Arabia is seeking wheat combine to lift wheat futures. CORN – Up 7 to 8 cents per bushel. Spillover support from soaring wheat market and corn continues to find independent… read more
Energy and Food costs drive U.S. Producer Price higher.
WASHINGTON, Jan 13 (Reuters) – U.S. producer prices rose more than expected in December as energy and food costs surged while underlying inflation remained subdued, highlighting a divergence that complicates the outlook for monetary policy. Prices at the wholesale level climbed 1.1 percent after a 0.8 percent rise in November, the Labor Department said on Thursday. Economists had been… read more
Grain Stocks and Production Report / Futures Broker
01/12 07:37 CST UPDATE 1-US slashes soy, corn stocks below expectation 1-12-2011 08:37 UPDATE 1-US slashes soy, corn stocks below expectatio * US soy end stocks 140 mln, 10 pct below est * US corn end stocks 745 mln, 4 pct below est * US Dec 1 soy stocks 2.277 bln, 3 pct below est… read more
Grains Lower Rebalancing Begins On Friday / Futures Broker
WHEAT – Down 7 to 8 cents per bushel. Firm dollar and follow-through technical selling lending pressure as long-liquidation continues as index fund portfolio rebalancing begins on Friday. * Mostly favorable conditions for final wheat harvest in southern Australia while wet weather remains a problem in the north. [ID:nDTN614] * The potential for snowfall this… read more
Grain News and Opening Calls / Futures Broker
WHEAT – Down 1 to 2 cents per bushel. Profit-taking after CBOT wheat rally to five-month highs and as high-protein KCBT and MGEX wheats rose to two-year highs due to deterioration of Australia’s crop amid excessive rainfall and flooding and on dryness in the U.S. Plains HRW wheat area. * Australia wheat quality slumps in… read more
Opening Grain Calls and News / Futures Broker
WHEAT – Up 18 to 20 cents per bushel. Flooding in global wheat producer and exporter Australia boosting prices to a five-month high. ** Bitter cold temperatures over the weekend in the U.S. Plains hard red winter wheat area likely caused little to no harm to the crop as a blanket of insulating snow covered… read more
Grain Opening Calls and News / Futures Broker
WHEAT – Up 1 to 3 cents per bushel. * Market supported by concerns about tight supplies of quality wheat following weather problems in Australia and dry conditions in the U.S. Plains. Softer dollar lends support. Wheat also seen as oversold following active corn/wheat spreading this month. CORN – Steady to up 1 cent per… read more
Swing Trading Strategies by John Crane – This pattern failure could lead to major move in the Eurocurrency! [chart]
March Eurocurrency has formed a bearish A-B-C continuation pattern after posted a sing pattern failure on the December 14th reversal date. This type of pattern typically precedes a significant price move in the prevailing trend direction. The zig zag pattern can also identify the center of the longer-term cycle. If this is confirmed, the euro… read more